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Mitunteil inelve miles northnest of Spenter, was Innl ont by Patrick Sul- limon, June 27, 1851. It contains four ilry gumule stures, it hardware and ilrug store, two ivagon shops, u fouring minl sasr-till, three churches mul a gooil geliont house, l'opulation, five hundredl ('80).
IR11 004.
situated in Sertion 21, Town 9, north, Itruige 4 west, was Imil out by J. It Freeland, November 18, 1834. 10 emitnina three ilry gouts storrs, n drug store, grorery store, three churches, and good schmol building. It is on the Imhnuspahs & Vincenoes Railromil, nine nules southwest of Spenerr. 11 Luninins a population of 300.
JANHAIR
siluntest in Section V, Town 10, Range 4, uns tuul out by Joseph and Jacob Hirks, February 28, 1839, It cantais ene stine, a church min] school houer, Population, 100.
1041 1111
In Section 11, Tinen 9, linuge -I, wos Inid ont by Heury Gavin, Orinber 8, 18Th, 11 cuntning n cool bank and one sture Puputintiun, 50.
CATARACT,
ritateil in Section 1, Town 11, Ronge 1, wux lund ont by I square ,len- nings, December 22, 1861. It contains tu o stores, n flugring- mill, mn] school linne. Tojmintimi, 100. The tulls of 1 el Birer are nt thuis plurr.
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situated in Sretion B6, Tuwn 9, Range P, nos laid ont hy James Brown, Mureh B0, 1848, It contains three stures, n elmirch nwel u school house. I'm.pulation, 19h.
uns Ind out by William L. Hart, Inne 1, IN. It is on the line of the Arn Albany & Salem Roilrund, sis miles south uf Gusquirt. It contains In o stores, at Anuring-will, twa churches onda school house. Population, 200.
ATRINSONII
Mitted in Section 20, Tuun 11, Range I, was laul ont hy El andl Sie- phon MAinsou, Morch 16, 1850. Cantamis a population of about 30.
uns huid out by William L. Dort, Just 20, 1860. It untains a store, block- Minithe ship, tuu churches und a school house. Popttintion, 100.
Limited in Section 14, Town 9, Konge 6, nas lnul ont hy Abraham Fiscus, February B, 1852 It contains one sture, u bluek smith- shop mint school house. Population, 100.
GIBSON COUNTY.
"This count was ongmilly a part of Kubx Comity. It was male B calle " Gilena" in honor of General John Gibem, Secretary of the Transmi tinti 1801 to 1510. Ilc ins coplured by the Indians u hile johng, nudl was held by them for sobie time He himur urry fuuubnr with their longunge and en-mnpr. The famous speech of the Mogu Chut, Logan, wus
The surfiur of the county is ngreenhly mwluluting. The soil is bol eurpuisseil in richness by ny rimnity in the state, that of the eastern purt hiring n fino white wrik soit, u lule the western purt is largely river bottini xlink. In Our Lastern part of' the enunity, rubishe con] hols nre Inund, the Ilm surfare, ind seems inexhunstable. The imtuty w well supplied with nuter, the Wnbush River, its ne-tero homelury, thr White River, its furthern, mul the Pntakn River trarersrs the mon Iteru port tiom cust tn trest Sereml stiller slirams runter theungh the camy, mol nenr the Wuhosh Rier ure threr ur for small lukes,
Timber is quite alumnolubt, Ihm' spieril varieties of walont, mekory, onk. Jooplar, berth and maple preimhing.
The river buttons at Gibran County ate misurjesul far the production of the lemling rerrok-corn sich at heat Tommeen, rye, wits, potatoes and i'll kouls of vegetables are raised in abundance, and the county annually produces lorge droves of cattle, horses, sleep and lungs The timber sul cual furnish veerzsihle owl cheap furl, und utt tumble articles of In thuse of any other section of the State. 11 the hberul encouragement of the ritin us, mannfoeturers could be inclui eil In locate und spend luige nmounts of capital in the county, mil, lespiles the river transportation, the linusville & Terre Haute Railroad nffords facilities for thr ery tun
sunt to Xrir Orleans and other southern murkits, im Ant-lustv.
A railrowl from New Albany thuungh the county, theure urst to & Lanis, is, in some places, partly huil, uml strung lupes arr muur entertained uf its ofrerily completion. When this is done, fuel run he natuined in thise markets ot the cheapest rutey noti kimnen, mul Gibson County, if her citizens are alive In their interests, can bemue one of the foremust conuties itu the State.
The following sintisties exhibit its rientirer. for the yiors IST4 | uml 1874.
Number of horses Ireported 18701 4,01G
" cuttle 7.954
" sherp
" Lig
:38,112
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3,80
I pasture und mendow [reported 1874} 26,828
" lnghele of irhent (reported 1874| 666,230
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" corn
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nals
1,785
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polulock
753
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gruss min cloyer seeil (reported 1874) fruit (reported 1874)
5,886
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113, 144
pinils of luicon
1 bulk pork (reported 1874)
1,663,297
88.907
11
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wow
209,004
104
gallus " trine
Forchim biolugses (reported 187 14,202
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ARRA KY THUATY ASHI VILLE OF PROPERTY.
Number of neres (reporteil 18Th) 801,939
2,830
Value of Inuil4 (reported 18751 $1,618,894
$20,170
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" Intel improvements (reparto] 1815)
101,060
2,901,650
" personal properly
Total value of taxables . $0,824,00)
The whele ammint of tax rised for all purposes, in 1874, was $118,210.07. The Schnul Fund, in this county, is now 870,000, The population, by the crisis of 1876, was 11,371.
LAILI' SETTLEMENTS.
The first settlers itere the founles of Williamu Harrington, Jesse Munt- gomery, Daniel l'estmunu,-ivho nried a> Juilges in the first courts, -Robert M. Erans, founder of fransville, Jmues Heazletou, Henry Hopkins, Isnac Montgomery, W. Priner nudl Thomins Chapman, who built The first house in Princeton, umul Mexmmler Divin, a Baptist minister. The first settlement way mode wrest of the jursent town of Princeton. Almost at the some titue, settlements irere immle south and northeast of the same piner, the settlers coming in during the years fromn 180f lo 1813, Mrs. Dillon, How living in Princeton, nell remembers, when writing to relatives, being cautioned by her mother to hrm) the letter " Iudiana Territory." This same ivomon relates, that in ISki, u fully of nino persons, living abant midway between the present -ite nl Princeton and the Wohnsh River, nere all mussserei, sure une huy, who had been dispatelier. the ilay previous, In biz unele's onll, nith u snek uf enru for grinding. As it was Inte in the evening, his nele prerailed ut him in remain over night, as, returning at Ibal time, he trould he it ilunger of being killed and eaten by the wolves On returning home early the next morning, the first sight presented In him was the house, o smondlering hurup of ruins, and on going bear, he iliseav- ereil his father's heml mwpmaledl on a stake. Horrifed almost out of his senses, he ibren off the enek of meal nul gallopeil his horse back to his uncle's mill, und related his story. His uncle hastily gatheredlui few of the seallereil neighbors, ntil required it once to the terrible scene, This worst fears were realized, and m millition to fimhing his brother's mingled remains, the bellirs of the other members of the family were discurereil, fenrfully mutilated, nuil jurees uf' Their bodies were found on branches of trees nud stakes lemling from the house to the river, plainly marking the course of the murderaus enviges in their retreat, They were vigorously pursued, but all traces of them ivere Jost nt lbo Wobosh River.
FIRST COURTS,
In 1813, on Monday, the tenthilny of May, the first Common l'less Court was held at the house of Win. liarrington. There were present as Judges W'm. Harrington, Jesse Montgomery and Doniel Postman. At this court the connly ins divulel intu six townslups, and Commissioners for each lawn- ship ivore appointed. At the smie court, license was granted to Jarvis Hazleton to keep a tarera -- probably the first in the county, He paid four dollars fin saidl license. It was also orilered thor he should charge only such prices as the court nuull allow, The following schedule appears non on the record) :
For one meal vieluots. $ 25
For one gallon corn, .12%
For one and a half gallons bits,
For one night's lodging,
For one horse nt liny twelve hunfre, .
On Moulay, the 14th of Febrnury, 1814, n special session of court wris hell nguồn pt thế het-e of Win. Horrington, the same Judges officiating This conit was hehl for the purpose of selecting "a suitable place to hohl courl for the counties uf Gilisiti und Warrick." A committee, consisting of the sent : W. Prince, Ahel Westtill, Robert Elliott onil Win. l'olks. These eallel to their und, mul for consultation, Isune Muntgomery und Robert M. Truus, " persans on nhuse juilginept ire conhl rely."Henry Hopkins houl offered to ilvunte eighty Drive From bis furin for this purpose. Eighty beres joining this were exammed -- then belunging to the government. Robert Erans oscertainel that this could he purebaseil af government price, enil, sfer a careful exammimtion, louking to the present and future welfare of the counts, and having a care to the needs of the present nail future populn. tion, the entumitter recommended in the Honorable Board of Judges the acceptance of the donutiun oud the purchase of goreritent luml, Ingrther being the northeast quarter uf sechion î, in Tounship number 2, south, lange number 10), The report was arlopied, and the Sheriff why ordered to pis tu Itobert Traus the sum of Son, to purchase the government landl. M the same court, Itobert Erans was elected Count} Agent, nil on the Weilnesilny following, this court mel to fix on a suitable urme for the new sert nt government. Afier consideratiun, it uns nprred to call it Princeton, in humor of Judge Prince, who pre- sidel ut the first entirts held in Sullivan Conty, at the town uf Carlisle, the obilest settlement in thut enunty. At this court, Roherl Evans was urilered tu survey und luy but the foun of Princeton, to sell luts to ny who lesirel tu hur. Hle nus ulen urilered to see that the streets were sixty feet in nulth. P'luns were disensspil for lmilling s " goal," as the juil was then callel, nud proposals for the billing of the sumie, and u " log" cont hunmnse, wvere onlereil in Iw irceireil.
The first Conuty Pumunssjoners' Court, fur Gibson Couply, irns hehl nl I'rinretim, in 181!, ut the court house, which had been made hinbitable hy this time. The first recurd uf The proceedings of this court, is the following :
"Onwar : That miniel Iteris he ollmised che anm of one dollar, for une unlf senlp, and Ondt the Treasurer pay the some ont of the county fuwils."
Many of liers similar in it filluty. The first license to sell spirituous liqit's wis grauted to duties Coen, Jr., at the court hell on the 10th of Febenury, 1814, his license exparing in six months from that date,
PRINCETON.
The county seat uns laid out hy Robert Evans, the plot being made and recorded Murch 28, 181-1.
The first house nas built by Thomas Chapman, on the south side of the square. The ground is now ocenpied hy John Statt, as a grocery store. When ho built this house, the public square was covered by a dense growth of forest Irres, and his daughter, Mrs. Hantinh Dillon, now living in the rastern part of the foun, reloles that it irns a common occurrence for hier father to get all the venison necessary for the family by shooting ileer without going ont of his floor-yard, She says she hus often seen Ium shoot ilcer on the spot non occupied by tho New York Hry Gooils Store, where grew a clump of small trees and bushes, from which the deer would fick lenres muil mess. She noriates seeing her futher shoot n hear in a free nhich stood un that part of the public square noir occupied by the hay senles, Olher persous followril yenr after your, nml, by the year 1820, quite a lown had sprung up. In that yeur, the first cungregntion wns organizeil by the When called "Covenanters," noir United Presbyterinne. This church organized and carried on the first Salhath school in oll South- nestern Judimin. The first school in town wus taught by n Prof. Buck, who wielded tho birch in a house of the most primitive description. This bonse stood on tho grunnil bay occupied by William Orr, amil was erected in 181.1. Whont six or eight years afterirand, an improvement on this was minile by converting some enbins, that hod hern built for stables, into n more comfortable school house. In this a Mr. Corsey Inught for some time. This honge stooil on the block east of the publio square, and remoined till the year 1824, when a lire story brick house was built by donutiuns of material anıl work hy the citizens of the county. It was afterirard purchased by the lown. Tho Rev. Hiram Hunter Imnight in this house, mid, m lado, bis son, l'rof. D. Echley llunter, well known in erluentionul circles, introduceil the gruded system of schools.
This house reminined till the yeur 1871. It ons enphle of senting about tu'n Innulred pupils. In that yenr the present fine three story brick build. ing wus erected, costing $40,000. Mleren teachers are employed, The billing will sent nearly seren hundred pupils. The eurothnent for 1876 is GĐ1.
There are eleren churches in toun, representing the Presbyterian, Mrlhoulist and Chtholio denominations. The average membership is nearly one hundred cach.
Ono National Bank, with a poid-ny rupitn] of $60,000, is established,
Manufactories of furniture and carriages, Bomring-mills and planning- mills are well established, and doing a good husmess. There are too many I'ruine buildingsin town for its safety against fire, und some iluy il miny suffer the fair of Greenestle, 1mil., or Virginin Cily. The Eransville, Terre Hante A Chicago Italtund runs Through it, nodl will ho the crossing of the nou road from Louisville to St. Louis, which unir is completed from this place In Mount Carmel, Illinois, on the Wuhush River, amil on to Albion, Illmois, sprentern miles farther.
Fotokn, formerly Columlun, was laid ont s short time prerions to Prince- Ion. It is on the railrond, four miles north of the entity seat. There are Inn fouring wills, amil Maar smoll manufactories here. The schools are well supported, and in n prosperous condition.
Inzletunn, still further north on the ruilrosil, on the south bank af the White River, is o place of considerable business und enterprise, his schools uTe in good condition.
Guoil Aonring onlls ore in operation here, and it is the largest lumber market in the county. Millions of feel are annually sanved atul shipped fur u market that nlunys equals the supply.
Miron Visto, further up White River, was formerly a shipping point for Ant-bonts before the opening of the free highinnya. It is n Bourishing little loin, mul hos good schools.
Caklnul, in the eastern parl of the county, on the line of the proposed mailrunil from St. Lonis to Louisville, is in the midst of it quely timberril country. A line rien is obtained from the enpulu if' the Onklmmul Institule. In digging the public irell, near the center of the town, n conl semin was struck at n ilepth of thirty feet. Unfortunately, & stream of naler was strnek, audl tho thickness of the scoin was tint discotereil. lis schools are in gooil conilition, and business prosperous,
Furt Bronch is a thrifty rillnge, with neat churches, school and business honses, bulls, ete. It is in n good agricultural region, urar the southem line of the county, on the railroad.
. Onensville, in the soullurestern part of the county, is surrounded by a most excellent agricultural region. The coil will produce from forly lo finy busliels of corn, and from twelve tu thirty-five bushels of wheat to the nero ; other grains accordingly. It is a prosperous village.
Smie fen other towns are in the county, whose populations range from fifty ton hinudred cacb, and are mainly kept up by a post office, wagon nud hlucksmith shops, and one store,
RELIGIOUS INTERESTF,
The Covenanters were the first to organize churches in the county, sutne of them comning ns enrly ng 1807. In the year 1810, tho Roy. . lohu Kell, of Ilus denominnun, eume and preuched in mul nhout Princeton. In 1816 he organized n church, nud u house of worship was built on the ground now oceupiel hy the Cumberland Preshylerian Church. This congregation is voir the United Presbyteriup, otil is the largest in town. It organized the Grat Snbbath sebuol in this part of the State. When it nus organized in 1816, there were tu ruty members, one of whow, Mrs. Polly Mmfurd, is still living. 11 wus presided orer from 1840 In 1816 hy lov. Gilbert Me- Master, D. D., u most eminent dirine, nuil extensively knowrt, fruit 1846 to 1874 hy Dr. John Me Master, nouther eminent minister, mm) ut present is presided orer by Ret. W. H. MuMaster, who preaches In n congregation of Iwo hubilred aml sixty members, the largest in the county, In The year 1828 a l'reshylerin Church was organized, and the Hor. Culrin Butler, then i heentiale, nos appininled pastor. Jins church also numbered tirenty al ils organization. At present there are one hundred inemhers, nudler the pas- loral care uf the Ret. John Montgomery, Methodist ministers enme nhout 1813 or 1814, " preaching everywhere," luunt no organization was muide till nlunut 1820 nr 1833, when i congregation wus established in Princeton. One of the first prenchers in this church irus n Mr Slucum, from Illinois, nho rote in 1817. A Mr. Byeourt prenched in the court house about this lime, also a Mr. O'Neal. No outhrulie recoril cun be obtained of the work- ings of This denobunntion in early days. They have non twenty-two or- gauntzed churches in the county, und buve nided much in erecting whal are called Umon Churches besides, The Baptists eume, onil nero organized prior to the Methodists, Mexnoder Derin, who was here in 1812, prenched in houses, und wherever he couldl ollain room and un ambiente. Hle Irus a mun holed for his generosity. They have nair eight churches in the empty The Campbellites have three, the Enthuliey ton, The Covenanters three, and the l'resbylerinns, including the sereral hennebed af lhot draumi- nation, nine. The Covenanters were the first to enme, tho Baptisty next, and the others emme in aftertranh, or ubiont The same time, The German Lutherans luni e tiro organizations,
'I'lu present county officers ure: fungo uf Court, O M. Wellmin, Treas- urer, William Sunpison ; Clerk, Willim P Welburn ; Anditor, W. J. Checy; Itecarder, Inmes W. Keys; Sheriff, T. W. Hanes; Proscontur, John C. Schufer; Cunt School Superintenlent, W T. Stilliven. Cimrt is held four Linus n yeur. The county needs men who nill develop her resources, ojiea her mines, ronrert ber birrels inlu orlicles for home use and foreign ship- tent Amul, As in tun inany southern counties, she should not send mut of her nwn luimilers for uns article that could he mamuluetred in her awu mi'Ist, und from material now' idle.
COUNTY HISTORIES .- CONTINUED,
Number of neres uf thent (reportedl 1Sf1)
41,990
40,111
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1,824,018 1,453
17,877
1 Inril
12,890
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Inlingen
" luth lots "
" town lots !! 1,1×6,323
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HAMILTON COUNTY.
This conuty way nameil in honor of Aloxondler Homilton, the first Sepro- tary of the liniteil Stules Treasury It is situated near the center of the Stato, and is hounileil ou the north by Tipinn County, enst by Madison, south by HIunenek unil Murim, mul west hy Boone onil Cliniun. it conlaints 100 square miles, or 2fili,000 neres of Inud. There are uino townships in this county, riz .: Noblegrillo, Washington, Clay, Delaware, Full Creek, Wayne, White River, Adams and Inokson. In 183D, the population was 1,105; in 184tt, $1,865, om nl The lost census, in 1870, it was 23,247. Of these ouly BS] were uf foreign birth, and 634 nero colorul. "The surface of the eunutry in love) in suino parts, and slightly rolling in others. The yoil throughout The whole county is of the rery hest quulity, and well mlupfeil to the production of wheal, corn ondl gruss. The climate is salubrions, amil the whole connly is well natered hy White Itiver, Stony Creek, Cicero Creek and Coal Creek. These creeks have several small tributaries. Alung White Iliver There are some ilry, rich pruiries, and at The henils of Cicera unil Stony Creche, some low, wret prairies of small extent. The balance of the county was originally henvily limbered with a gooit piuportion of onk, poplar, walnut, maple, hickory omul heech. This is among the best agricultural counties in the State Its mineral resources nre, ns yet, undeveloped. There is no limestone hero, but there has hren a quarry of u hile stone iliscovered in White River Tounship (a kind of sont- slone), too soft fur Imilling purposes. The county is well supplied with large grni el beds, which affurd cheap facilities for making goud ronils
CIHLY SETTLEMENT.
In 1818 n irroty with tho Indinny conveyel this portion of the country to the Sime, mul in the spring of the ensuing year, lobn Finch, Solomon l'ineh anıl Isquel Finch, Together with William Bush, Thudilenn Baxter and their fminiliry, settled in what was then callel Horso Shore Pruirie, which is nhoni tivo miles south of the present lown of Noblesville. In the spring mf 1820, Jolut Finch built n horac-inill, which woy the first one in the cininty, onil the only one for deveril years after the hrst seitlemeuls. It wns patronizeil hy people living hurenly miles youth of il. In 1821, the first ilny school in the settlement was taught by Miss Surah Fruch. Almit the same lime there was nt Somlay school organizeil, nuil Curlis Mullery, a Preslylerinu, uns Superinlemleut. Iu 1825 the firel elmireb was organized) ; it hoing n Melhorlist Luisenpnl Church, at Noblegrille
About the year 1819-20, there nere soroe settlements mmle mu the site of the present town of Noblesrille. Among the first to settle there u pre Gett- emil Juhti D. Stephenson, II G. Finch and Julge Culhoru. The first chill born in Noblesville wus n daughter of General luhu D. Stephenson, when uns follun eil in the male hne by Miltou Cugatrell, non kuono as Colonel Milton Cuganell, of the United States Aniny. The first marringe iras that of Willum t'onner wuil Hlizabeth Chapman. They were innrried by the first Justico of the l'ence, Anthony logram, in 1827. The first itrath in the contity 14 memorable os having heen that of a Revolutionary sokhier, who hw] fought nt Yorktown, numely, Joseph Willison, whose denth orenrreil at Ilurge Shoe Prairie.
But fen of the earliest settlers surrive. Among those now living are General Juhn D. Sirphenson, Judge Colborn and II. G. Finch, who still remain ns honored relies of the past. The first-named gentleman was born in Kentucky, in Isul, and came here in 1822, where he has siner resided. Suige Tollurn muy born in Pennsylvania, in 1799, unil first come to this county in 1820, on a surveying tuur, with Major lohn Hrutricks, the father of tho preseal Goreror. Mr. Finch was born in the State of New Yik, in INO7, amit emme here with his father, in 1819, He is o gentleman of gomul business capabilities, and is highly respected ns a citizen. lle resphis in Noblesville.
ONGINIZATION.
Br un nel of the General Assembly, the county was set off will ils present hontluries, und, in Jomuury, 1823, was iluly organizeil. lu The full of the some year, il beenme uvressary to hohl o termi of court. The county sent himl not been loented, and the court was orilered tu rourrno of the form of William Connur, in the southern part of the county ; and, Arconlingly, the lintgr, the Clerk of the court, iu company with no ut- torney nud some other gentlenien, starled dairy White River, in u ennoe, townril the ilesigunteil alnce of meeting. Unhappily for them, the canoe upset and the irhole purly were Thoroughly drenched, Ibe Clerk lukt his otheil ilucket along, ulneh heurs erideuce, hy its faded leaves, of it- mersin in tho unters of White River. Jolin D. Stephenson uns Clerk ; John Finch und Willimin C. Blackmore, Associnte Juilges ; Ilon. W. W Wick, Preguling Juilgp. The county uns then includeil in the Fifth Judicial Dis. tiiet of the State. "The first term of the court lasted tiro days, and there isere hut two or three ennes brought before il. The first nas intro- iluced by Archiball Johnson, who brought suit against Henry Folund nail Jesse M. Wood, for trespass. The easy wos continued until the second term. Jacob Robbins appeared ng tho first attorney. The first grand jury was composed of the following nomed persons : John Conner, James Willison, Cortis Mullery, William Bush, Williom Conuer, Charles Lacy, John Hans- mohn, Jereminh Lmuing, James Ler, John Block, Jncoh Hier, Willato James, Benjamin Coy, Nathan Coy, William Peck, Joseph Wilson, George Sheels, Robert Duncan, George Kirkingilull, Israel Finch, William Foster, Joseph Frazier, Joseph McCormick, Archibald Johnson, Intobeth Heath, Houry Lee, Minh Frouch, Francis Kincan, Jesse M. Wood, Thomas l'rovanlt, Alexnuder Booker, Solomon Finoh, Zenns Beckwith, William Dyer, Benson Treel anıl Nulhnn Popejoy William P. Warwick was the first Sheriff; The first l'roscouting Afloruvy, Iuniel B. Wick ; the first Trensurer was Willinni Conver, unil Willhum Byer was The first Recorder. The first Superluleudent of Public Schools, Jereminh Lmuing.
COUNTY NOILHINGE.
lit 1827, the tiral court house was built, nt Noblesville. It was a frame giructure, nud uns thirty-two feet long by twenty nine. The first joil was built in 1826. It was constructed of heweil logs, and ins a small fubrie This first county nayhum for the poor was built in 1840. It was partly con. structeil of logs, ibil nns partly frutno. At this dlate (1876), there is no regular onurt house in Immilton County, hut the large linll over the hord. unre stere of the firm of Wainwright & Ponteous is mondo to serve all the purposes of one The asylum for the poor is n small nffair, mul valued at $3,tkJU. The jil is a good, substantinl building, aud will cost the county, when completeil, aliont $311,000.
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